wabbit's warren

If you look in my sidebar, you'll see a link to the American Library Association. I've supported this group for years. I loved Banned Books Week, and heartily endorse the ALA's strong stance against censorship. But it was their super cool READ posters that first got me interested in the organization. I mean Yoda had one, for crying out loud! How cool is that?

Well, it seems I'm not the only one to think that way. Kids Need to Read has been lobbying all parties involved to get Nathan Fillion on a poster, and it has finally happened! After over a year of work, the photos were taken last month, and now...finally...we can reveal this!



Oh, and what's that book in Nathan's hands? Why, yes. It is Awakening on Orbis 4 by PJ Haarsma! Way to go, Nate! Be true to your roots! Incidentally, the poster is not yet for sale, but it will be available mid-July from the ALA website. I'll be sure to let you know when that happens. After all, I would be remiss if I didn't let you help libraries raise funds AND get a little Nathan decor. Very remiss indeed.

Remember the "girls don't do sci-fi" girls?  Well, they've got some new members and they're definite contenders for the cuteness crown:

Sorry, Nate, this one steals the show.  I LOVE this picture.  This, friends, is what KNTR is all about.  Thanks to James of the California Browncoats for the image.  (This little girl is bragging that she's older than Nathan here, but I see her describing far off lands just as easily.)


And this one, well, hello young fangirl.  Nice to meet you.  You know...I've got a tattoo just like that...

PJ Haarsma has a new book coming out April 14.  It's the third installment in his Softwire series, and I've been dying to read it.  What good timing PJ has!  The book is due to come out just after my birthday.  Or maybe just before, eh?  I've been given permission to share that I've got an advance copy of this piece of shiny right here in my hot little hands!  So without further ado, allow me to introduce you to Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3!  I'd love to say that I'm going now so I can read my new lovely, but...well...just click the link!

( From California to Maine in two days... )

It is a little known fact that the children's book buyer for Barnes & Noble stores believes that science fiction makes poor books and that kids don't like it.  He tends not to put it on his shelves.  So, when my friend PJ Haarsma wrote The Softwire, they declined to carry the book.  The Softwire is now in its second printing, and it is sold exculsively online.  But apparently even Barnes & Noble Powers That Be read The New York Times.

This came straight from PJ today, and I couldn't be happier.
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ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
The Softwire will now be a available at Barnes and Noble. Because of the New York Times article B&N has made a substantial order of The Softwire series. The president of Candlewick informed me today. The books have already shipped.  Thank you once again!
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So, when next you encounter the insurmountable, push forward, and fear nothing.

So, I've had a good day...for reasons from nice reviews on some stories (one even said, I couldn't ask for better from Whedon himself) to getting a lot of things done to still riding the wave of good job news and actually completing some writing and the official change of KNTR to a true 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  My brother-in-law, who had been unemployed, got a new job.  Another friend, who just may have started this good streak by sending some karma, has some probable good things coming, too (hi, MALi!).  And then, someone I truly look up to reports this: 

"...the Softwire paperback is sold out and going into to reprint."

Translation:

PJ Haarsma's The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 has sold out its entire first printing!

Second printing begins!

WOO-HOO!!!

That is all.